Under the COVID-19 declarations, FEMA will consider requests for reimbursement of NCS for health and medical-related needs, such as isolation and quarantine resulting from the public health emergency. To be eligible, costs must be tied to the performance of eligible work, and necessary and reasonable to accomplish the work properly and efficiently. The leased rooms and materials purchased were not used in the performance of eligible emergency work, i.e., NCS. The Applicant did not demonstrate the claimed costs for NCS were necessary and reasonable given that none of the Starmount rooms were used during the six-month period.

The Applicant did not demonstrate the NCS costs were reasonable and necessary to address the public health needs of the COVID-19 declared event or directed tied to the performance of eligible work.

Stafford Act § 403(a)(3). 44 C.F.R. § 206.223(a)(1), 206.225 (a)(1). 2 C.F.R. § 200.403(g), 200.404. PAPPG, at 19, 21- 22, 57, 66, 68 and 163. Fact Sheet, Public Assistance: NCS Delegation of Authority; Frequently Asked Questions, Coronavirus (COVID- 19) Pandemic: NCS Mecklenburg County, FEMA-4487-DR-NC, at 3. Oregon Department of Human Services, FEMA-4562-DR-OR, at 3.